| English Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? | 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? |
| 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, | 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, |
| 3“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” | 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. |
| 4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. | 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. |
| 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, | 5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. |
| 6“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” | 6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. |
| 7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. | 7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. |
| 8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. | 8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. |
| 9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” | 9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. |
| 10Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. | 10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. |
| 11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. | 11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. |
| 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. | 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. |
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